Tumblr Free Day

[kitewithfish]

Last night I had the bright idea of removing the Tumblr app from the homepage on my phone (not deleting it! Just moving it out of sight) and man, I am glad I did. I keep reflexively looking for it when I have a minute to myself, because Tumblr was good for distractions and new stuff and pretty pretty art, but not for community. 

Whereas anytime I open up a DW window I end up with nine tabs and three replies to write because To Be A Fan On DW is to be a chatty, chatty human being. XD

Does the social media you're using effect who you are on that platform?  I tend to think it does, but I am betting people have other experiences.

I have tried to establish Kitewithfish as Who I Am in fandom with little IRL crossover, so most of my online stuff is as a version of myself slightly detached from people who might google my name. Who I am online with fannish folks is different than I am with people on, say, Facebook, but it's pretty close to who I am in person. I have mostly kept FB a Fandom Free Zone for me, since god, that site gives me the Heebies AND the Jeebies, but I happily chat about fanfic with people who know me in life, tho I am coy about usernames. 

Comments

[thenewbuzwuzz]

I love that I can't use DW for mindless scrolling. I try, trust me, and then either (a) I end up talking to people, yay, or (b) some idea explodes my brain and I come to my senses an hour* later, a changed person, or (c) I'm faced with how tired I am & have to abort mission, which is helpful too; like last night when I wanted to comment on this post and quickly discovered I couldn't word even - and then I went to sleep. :)

*edit. Make that hours, plural. And with half a dozen new tabs open. I love this.

[kitewithfish]

I adore this - "Well, I tried being mindless and unengaged and then, dammit, I'm making meaningful connections with people!"